Strangers Die Everyday

[steveinthecity]

20 April 2020

Tom Lester, best known for his role as the smart-aleck farmhand Eb Dawson on the ’60s sitcom “Green Acres,” died Monday in Nashville, Tenn. from complications related to Parkinson’s disease. Lester, who was 81, was the last surviving actor of the original “Green Acres” cast.

His death was confirmed by his brother Michael on Facebook and in local media reports.

Born Sep. 23, 1938 in Jackson, Miss., Lester grew up working on his grandfather’s farm. He earned a degree in chemistry at the University of Mississippi and taught in Oklahoma for a few years before making the move to Hollywood. Lester landed his role in “Green Acres” in 1965, beating out the competition because he was the only actor who could actually milk a cow.

[Herbert]

Although I was never a Green Acres fan it's pretty sad to see so many actors from shows that I grew up watching, passing on. Just another piece of our childhood gone. I was watching Hogan's Heroes the other day and the only one left from the main cast is Robert Clary

[steveinthecity]

Ken Osmond, Troublemaker Eddie Haskell on ‘Beaver,’ Dies at 76

Ken Osmond, who played the duplicitous teenager Eddie Haskell on the long-running sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” one moment an overly polite young man when talking to parents, the next moment a devilish troublemaker, died on Monday at his home in a suburb of Los Angeles. He was 76.

His son Eric said the cause was complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and peripheral arterial disease.

Mr. Osmond appeared in all six seasons of “Leave It to Beaver,” which ran from 1957 to 1963, one of the most-watched television sitcoms of the era. He also appeared in the Disney Channel revival, “The New Leave It to Beaver,” in 1984 and had later roles in “Lassie,” “Petticoat Junction” and “The Munsters.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/18/arts ... -dead.html

[Top Rawman]

Death has been quite busy with her Celebrity Collection lately.

[MetalPSI]

Well we are getting older.

[MetalPSI]

Should really update this more often

[steveinthecity]

Sidney Jacobson (1929-2022)

Editor, Harvey Comics. Just one of many things he did along the way of what seems to have been a wonderful adventure through life.

Difficult for me to sum up his life in just a few words, so I’ll leave this portion of his Legacy Obit plus the link if anyone should desire to read further.

“Dad loved sports and grew up in Brooklyn in the 30's. He had a lifetime love for the Brooklyn Dodgers, whom he never forgave for leaving Brooklyn. Upon his relocation to Los Angeles later in life he reconciled his disappointment with them and became a Dodger fan again. Dad had a more fraught relationship with his mom who suffered greatly from diabetes. His sister, Shirley, was quite a bit older and with her marriage to Bill Grossman, he became a strong older brother figure. He loved and admired his sister very much and they become close in their adulthood.

In his teens, he was a fast-pitch softball pitcher, who once threw a no-hitter (He earned the nickname "No Hit jake". Had a wicked curve and great control. He didn't throw windmill, just a short windup. The New York Times offered him a copyboy job out of high school if he'd pitch for the team (talk about ringers!). He turned them down, a regret in later years. The Times guy, who offered him the job said he was crazy to not take the job. But, a scholarship to NYU was a big deal for a poor kid from Brooklyn. When he couldn't find a journalism job after he graduated from NYU (that Times SOB was right!), he worked briefly for one of the horse-racing papers -- "The Daily Telegraph". There were nine racing rags in NYC at the time, according to Dad!).

When his sister Shirley began dating a fella from Harvey Comics (it didn't last long -- she soon met Bill Grossman), Dad wrangled a job there (Comics was a growing industry and open to Jews and other ethnic minorities). He soon was running the editorial department there. He edited almost every one of their books for about 35 years. This included their 50's horror books (wrote "Colorama" a weird story for the Harvey horror book), crime books, romance books, and their many comic strip adaptations ("Joe Palooka", "Dick Tracy", "Flash Gordon"). He didn't draw or do any of the visual stuff but edited and wrote stories and with the inimitable, Warren Kremmer, a great artist at Harvey, they created a few well-known comic book characters (Richie Rich, Wendy the Witch, Spooky, Hot Stuff, Little Dot, Nightmare, Little Lotta, Jackie Jokers). He worked with many wonderful comic artists like Gil Kane, Ernie Colon, Jack Kirby and side by side with funny, funny writers such as Lenny Herman, Stan Kay, Howie Post, Joe Simon, Angelo DeCesare (and so many others).”

Legacy.com